It takes several orders of magnitude less energy to clear a transaction on the VISA network. It's a totally bogus claim. https://www.statista.com/statistics/88

It takes several orders of magnitude less energy to clear a transaction on the VISA network. It's a totally bogus claim. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-consumption-transaction-comparison-visa/#:~:text=Average%20energy%20consumption%20per%20transaction%20for%20Bitcoin%20and%20VISA%202020&text=The%20average%20energy%20consumption%20for,consumption%20of%20149%20kilowatt%2Dhours https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-co....